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Iconic chef Nancy Silverton is adding this vegan cheese to Pizzeria Mozza’s menu
It’s safe to say Nancy Silverton loves mozzarella. Her Michelin-star restaurant Osteria Mozza has an entire mozzarella bar, and her...
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LinkedIn mass layoffs: Jobs platform cuts more staff after celebrating its 20th anniversary
It’s more bad news for the tech industry as another major platform has announced layoffs. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, is cutting...
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Writers vs. robots: Hollywood moved toward automation long before AI
Media coverage of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike comes primarily from the business press and the tech press, to the detriment of people...
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Author Ashlee Vance on the commercialization of space and the land grab that ensued
Though space travel was once attainable only for governments and nations, it is now the stuff of Silicon Valley dreams. Thanks in large part to VC...
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Why art, design—and even body image—are deflating
Several weeks ago, I wandered into a room full of misshapen mouths, shrunken heads, and puckered orifices. They were yellow, pink, cherry red, and...
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This spectacular new museum could be a skeleton, a cave, or the fabric of the universe
When talking (or writing) about buildings, a favored and useful analogy is the skeleton. Buildings are often said to have “good...
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Book publishing is scared of experimentation. Can Dave Eggers change that?
At McSweeney’s, nothing has ever been all that straightforward. The San Francisco–based publisher once released an issue of its...
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Spotify’s AI DJ knows your musical past, and wants to shape its future
Artificial intelligence has leaped from the nerdiest of technological fringes to the mass market of pop culture memes. The classic dystopian worry...
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What is Apple’s play in AI?
It seems clear that generative AI will touch almost everything we do with computers in some way. This observation has brought many to ask what the...
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Tech companies to free users: Time to pay up
You’re not imagining it: Tech companies are getting stingier. Across the industry, companies have been dialing back the benefits of...
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Behavioral scientists have found 2 types of shyness that may explain why you hate public speaking
Is shyness a state of mind or a state of being? Both, according to a study by researchers at McMaster University. The researchers asked 152...
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This AI detection tool raised $3.5 million to check the internet for computer-generated work
GPTZero, a tool created by a Princeton University student and designed to detect AI-generated text, has raised $3.5 million in funding to build...
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ChatGPT will create winners and losers in the corporate world. Economists tried to rank them
Ever since ChatGPT’s release, Americans have been wrestling with the idea of generative artificial intelligence automating our existence in...
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Executives from leading companies share how to achieve responsible AI
AI continues to dominate the headlines, with new uses popping up in everything from education to healthcare. As the technology continues to...
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U.S. entrepreneurship is increasing—and getting more diverse
New technologies, economic uncertainty, and a desire for greater flexibility are pushing more Americans into self-employment, especially those...
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A countertop device that makes water from thin air
In much of the United States, it’s easy to take our drinking water for granted. But water scarcity due to droughts and climate change is...
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Clockwise is using GPT-4 to schedule ‘impossible meetings’
When Matt Martin, the cofounder and CEO of calendar management company Clockwise, received a sudden opportunity to pitch a Fortune 500 company...
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These COVID-19 tests are being recalled after the FDA warns of ‘significant concerns’ about bacterial contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert warning people not to use select COVID-19 at-home tests due to “significant...
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How to find mentors for CEOs
Throughout our careers, we often need someone to turn to for advice, whether it be a manager, colleague, or coach. As a CEO, however, there are...
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How to turn your ads into entertainment
Brands deeply influence our culture, and vice versa. Sometimes brands are the culture—I’m thinking Fenty, Apple, Mercedes, and Nike,...
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The future of work, according to 930 million professionals
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter...
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Is it possible to have HR that employees don’t hate?
Some things about workplace culture feel universal, and negative experiences with human resources is one of the biggest. The profession has a long...
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5 simple shifts to let go, learn faster, and thrive in the future of work
Heather E. McGowan is a keynote speaker and future-of-work thought leader. She researches the patterns and behaviors that are shaping the future...
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What Ethereum developers are building in the Web3 wilderness to fuel the next super cycle
“Didn’t someone say something about a bear market?” ETHDenver founder John Paller asked the crowd at the start of the...
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‘Are you overlooking tens of millions of people?’: Why employers are reconsidering applicants’ prior drug use
The U.S. economy gained 235,000 jobs in April, but the labor market is still tight: The fact is that there are more jobs open than there are...